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Warner Bros.' R-rated horror pic 'Doctor Sleep' — a sequel to Stephen King's 'The Shining' — should win the weekend box office race with a debut of $25 million or more.

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00:00With the box office race coming up this weekend with multiple openings, it looks like

00:04Warner Bros.' R-rated horror pick, Dr. Sleep, is expected to come out on top.

00:09A sequel to Stephen King's The Shining and opening 39 years after that film hit theaters,

00:14Dr. Sleep, an adaptation of King's 2013 novel of the same name, is set decades after

00:19the events of The Shining and follows a grown-up Danny, played by Ewan McGregor,

00:23as he grapples with his psychic abilities and the trauma of the past.

00:26But the R-rated horror thriller isn't the only fresh offering to hit theaters over

00:31Veterans Day weekend. The holiday-themed romantic comedy Last Christmas is also coming out

00:35and tracking shows the film opening in the mid-teens, but the pick could overperform.

00:40From Universal and inspired by the George Michael song of the same name, Last Christmas

00:45stars Emilia Clarke as a troubled artist whose misfortunes start to change when a young

00:49man, played by Henry Golding, begins appearing in her life. The movie also stars Emma

00:54Thompson and Michelle Yeoh. Another weekend offering timed for Veterans Day is Roland

00:58Emmerich's big budget World War II epic Midway. The film is currently tracking the

01:03launch in the low to mid-teens. The $100 million indie stars Patrick Wilson, Woody

01:07Harrelson and Nick Jonas, among others. The fourth new release of The Weeknd, which is

01:11Paramount and Molded Media's PG Family Friendly Playing With Fire, starring John Cena

01:16and Keegan-Michael Key, among others, is about a group of firefighters facing their most

01:20challenging job yet, babysitting. And finally, at the specialty box office, Amazon Studios

01:25opens the critically acclaimed Honey Boy, an awards season contender written by and

01:29starring Shia LaBeouf in select theaters. For more box office updates, head over to THR.com

01:35and until next time for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.

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